United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [7] – Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Jude Ziliak (violin), Isabelle Seula Lee (violin), Danika Paskvan (viola), Anthony Albrecht (cello), Arnie Tanimoto (viola da gamba) / Elliot Figg (conductor and harpsichord), Death of Classical – The Angel’s Share, The Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs, Brooklyn, 8.6.2019. (RP)
Festival 2019
A Concert with the Dresdner Philharmonie is Hard to Fault
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2019 [6] – Messiaen, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Scriabin: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Dresdner Philharmonie / Karina Canellakis (conductor), Kulturpalast, Dresden, 8.6.2019. (MC)
Glyndebourne’s Cendrillon is Memorable in Every Way
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera [2] – Massenet, Cendrillon: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 8.6.2019. (CC)
Garsington Opera’s The Bartered Bride is a Winning Summer’s Evening
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2019 [1] – Bedřich Smetana, The Bartered Bride: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Jac van Steen (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 8.6.2018. (CR)
With Das Rheingold Longborough sets off once again on the Ring Road
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2019 [1] – Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Longborough, 9.6.2019. (JPr)
This Dresden Frauenkirche Concert of Secular Baroque Music was Something to Treasure
Germany Dresden Music Festival) 2019 [5] – Vivaldi, Handel: Sabina Puértolas (soprano), Xavier Sabata (countertenor), La Folia Barockorchester / Robin Peter Müller (violin, direction), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 6.6.2019. (MC)
(c) Robert Jentzsch
Exceptional Don Carlo at Grange Park Opera
United Kingdom Grange Park Opera 2019 – Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Grange Park Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). West Horsley Place, Surrey. 6.6.2019. (VV)
(c) Robert Workman
Compelling and Stimulating Concert from the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie
Germany Dresden Music Festival) 2019 [4] – J.S. Bach, Bruch, Haydn, Yinon, Shostakovich: Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (violin), Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie / Wolfgang Hentrich (conductor), Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden, Germany, 3.6.2019. (MC)